Frozen Mango (IQF Chunks, Dices, Slices & Halves: Kent, Keitt, Nam Dok Mai, Alphonso)

IQF mango chunks and dices by variety and cut size, from Peru, Thailand, India, Ecuador, Viet Nam and Mexico

Frozen mango is bought by variety and by cut. The variety sets colour, fibre, sweetness and aroma: Latin American packers freeze Kent, Keitt, Edward, Tommy Atkins and Ataulfo, Thailand is known for Nam Dok Mai, Viet Nam for Cat Hoa Loc and Cat Chu, and India for Alphonso and Totapuri. The cut sets the use: chunks for smoothies and retail bags, dices of 10x10, 15x15 or 20x20 mm for yoghurt, bakery and ready meals, and slices, cheeks and halves for desserts and foodservice. Buyers specify the variety, the cut size and its tolerance, a Brix minimum, colour, the share of fibrous, over-ripe or under-ripe pieces, peel and black spots, and zero tolerance for stones, glass, plastic, metal, hair and wood, with metal detection at the packer. Grade A is uniform, well-coloured fruit with few defects; Grade B and industrial grades take more colour and shape variation for puree, juice and ice cream. There is no dedicated HS subheading: frozen mango falls in HS 0811.90 with other frozen fruit, so the 2024 UN Comtrade export declarations below cover the whole subheading, not mango alone. Peru declared USD 207 million and 81,300 MT, Mexico USD 144 million and 54,400 MT, Ecuador USD 36 million and 24,400 MT, and Thailand USD 689 million, of which USD 644 million went to China; India and Viet Nam did not appear in the 2024 preview data for this subheading.

Mango seasons are short and spread around the calendar, which is why frozen stock is held and sold year-round. Peru's Edward season runs from October to December and Kent from December to March; Ecuador ships from October to January, peaking in December, with Tommy Atkins about 62% of its planted area, Kent 18% and Ataulfo 15%; Thailand's Nam Dok Mai crop runs from March to May; India's Alphonso peaks in a short window from mid-April to late May; and Viet Nam's main season runs from February to July with an off-season from October to December. Food safety for a peeled, ready-to-eat fruit rests on the plant: a BRCGS or IFS certificate, GlobalG.A.P. or an equivalent at farm level, a microbiology result per lot, residue results against the destination's MRLs, and hepatitis A and norovirus controls on worker hygiene and water where the buyer's policy asks for them. CBIL is a commodity brokerage company and brokers frozen mango from packers in Peru, Thailand, India, Ecuador, Viet Nam and Mexico against the packer's specification, a certificate of analysis per lot, the health or phytosanitary certificate the destination requires, a certificate of origin and, on request, halal certification by a body the destination accepts. Product ships in 10 kg cartons, 400-500 kg bins and retail bags at -18 °C or colder in 40-ft high-cube reefers on FOB, CFR and CIF terms, priced per MT by variety, cut, grade and crop year. Send the variety, cut and size, grade, Brix minimum, pack, volume and destination, and the enquiry is screened and worked against it.

Excluded origins are not offered, including product re-exported, blended or re-processed through a third country. Every lot moves with a certificate of origin naming the producing plant, mine or grower country, and nothing is quoted before the seller and loading point are known.